GIFT is a research project funded by Horizon 2020, exploring hybrid forms of virtual museum experiences. The project brings together artists, designers, museum professionals and computer scientists to help museums create personal encounters with cultural heritage, both in physical and digital realms.

Framework

How can museums create personal and compelling experiences with their digital collections? The GIFT project is developing a framework consisting of software tools, design guidelines, and design-relevant theory to help museums improve their personalisation and experience design. A central part of this work is an action research project with representatives from 10 prominent museums in Europe and the US. A first version of the framework will be published on this website in 2018.

Steal From Us

Help yourself to our stuff! The GIFT framework will be published under an open source license which allows anyone to freely use and share the tools and materials in the framework, including in derivative work (remix) and commercial applications. Project outcomes will be made available on this website as soon as they are ready to be shared. An open source version of the gifting prototype developed by Blast Theory will also be made available.